Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Illinois D+2.4.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Illinois, 1940. The state ran 7.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Wendell Willkie (R)

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Illinois result

4,217,935 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

2,149,934

51.0%

Willkie (R)

2,047,240

48.5%

All others

20,761

0.5%

Margin

D+2.4

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1940 presidential election

Illinois, 1940

RooseveltD+2.4

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	51.0%	2,149,934
Wendell WillkieRepublican	48.5%	2,047,240
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	20,761

D+60

R+60

102 counties, each filled by 1940 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1940

102 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−3.1%	17,361	18,480	36,333
Alexander County	D	+2.5%	6,591	6,260	12,988
Bond County	R	−16.6%	3,376	4,754	8,285
Boone County	R	−47.0%	2,277	6,330	8,632
Brown County	D	+8.1%	2,478	2,101	4,648
Bureau County	R	−23.1%	8,274	13,258	21,607
Calhoun County	R	−21.4%	1,625	2,516	4,158
Carroll County	R	−28.0%	3,592	6,398	10,013
Cass County	D	+3.9%	4,854	4,490	9,416
Champaign County	R	−7.2%	17,563	20,314	38,144
Christian County	D	+5.5%	11,457	10,255	21,862
Clark County	R	−10.8%	4,807	5,976	10,836
Clay County	R	−2.5%	4,934	5,185	10,222
Clinton County	R	−24.7%	4,558	7,582	12,230
Coles County	D	+4.0%	11,409	10,528	22,014
Cook County	D	+10.9%	1,168,141	938,454	2,114,807
Crawford County	R	−10.4%	5,703	7,036	12,805
Cumberland County	R	−3.7%	3,091	3,330	6,451
De Witt County	R	−4.0%	5,052	5,477	10,574
DeKalb County	R	−28.4%	6,989	12,577	19,668
Douglas County	R	−9.4%	4,513	5,451	10,031
DuPage County	R	−36.3%	18,923	40,746	60,049
Edgar County	R	−8.6%	6,713	7,985	14,780
Edwards County	R	−30.7%	1,770	3,361	5,182
Effingham County	D	+0.4%	5,988	5,941	12,006
Fayette County	R	−1.3%	7,286	7,486	14,915
Ford County	R	−30.6%	3,062	5,770	8,862
Franklin County	D	+9.0%	15,523	12,936	28,660
Fulton County	R	−2.4%	12,198	12,816	25,228
Gallatin County	D	+11.9%	3,293	2,588	5,929
Greene County	D	+10.8%	6,015	4,840	10,925
Grundy County	R	−23.2%	4,105	6,593	10,741
Hamilton County	R	−4.1%	3,691	4,005	7,748
Hancock County	R	−15.2%	6,688	9,108	15,961
Hardin County	R	−8.3%	1,974	2,333	4,333
Henderson County	R	−24.4%	1,977	3,264	5,281
Henry County	R	−17.5%	10,481	14,971	25,648
Iroquois County	R	−22.0%	7,036	11,047	18,191
Jackson County	R	−11.0%	9,600	11,980	21,708
Jasper County	R	−5.0%	3,689	4,082	7,815
Jefferson County	D	+11.1%	10,887	8,692	19,715
Jersey County	R	−3.5%	3,692	3,958	7,694
Jo Daviess County	R	−30.6%	3,864	7,285	11,192
Johnson County	R	−25.8%	2,254	3,827	6,094
Kane County	R	−24.0%	25,676	41,949	67,914
Kankakee County	R	−7.6%	13,716	15,998	29,838
Kendall County	R	−35.9%	1,978	4,200	6,196
Knox County	R	−16.1%	12,597	17,459	30,224
Lake County	R	−20.9%	24,965	38,242	63,461
LaSalle County	D	+8.0%	29,704	25,296	55,399
Lawrence County	R	−3.7%	5,625	6,061	11,833
Lee County	R	−30.2%	6,005	11,228	17,285
Livingston County	R	−28.5%	7,722	13,909	21,686
Logan County	R	−13.8%	6,753	8,929	15,725
Macon County	D	+15.9%	27,589	19,998	47,864
Macoupin County	D	+4.9%	14,356	13,000	27,610
Madison County	D	+18.9%	44,803	30,445	75,929
Marion County	D	+13.7%	13,807	10,461	24,476
Marshall County	R	−15.0%	3,343	4,527	7,910
Mason County	R	−1.4%	4,416	4,541	8,998
Massac County	R	−25.2%	2,813	4,722	7,574
McDonough County	R	−28.0%	5,783	10,326	16,217
McHenry County	R	−45.2%	6,170	16,480	22,795
McLean County	R	−9.6%	18,024	21,865	40,166
Menard County	R	−9.9%	2,894	3,531	6,458
Mercer County	R	−24.6%	3,830	6,336	10,204
Monroe County	R	−25.4%	2,826	4,754	7,602
Montgomery County	R	−4.1%	9,654	10,497	20,325
Morgan County	R	−5.5%	9,082	10,137	19,283
Moultrie County	D	+0.8%	3,696	3,636	7,373
Ogle County	R	−41.8%	4,833	11,838	16,742
Peoria County	D	+9.2%	42,009	34,911	77,221
Perry County	R	−5.1%	6,539	7,243	13,837
Piatt County	R	−12.3%	3,564	4,564	8,159
Pike County	D	+7.3%	7,676	6,619	14,441
Pope County	R	−31.9%	1,499	2,914	4,430
Pulaski County	R	−14.0%	3,456	4,589	8,085
Putnam County	R	−19.5%	1,195	1,778	2,985
Randolph County	R	−8.9%	7,802	9,333	17,215
Richland County	R	−7.3%	4,335	5,022	9,446
Rock Island County	D	+15.7%	35,240	25,629	61,101
Saline County	D	+0.6%	10,692	10,567	21,377
Sangamon County	R	−5.2%	31,943	35,464	67,628
Schuyler County	D	+1.3%	3,404	3,318	6,803
Scott County	R	−1.8%	2,492	2,585	5,099
Shelby County	D	+3.0%	7,704	7,250	15,197
St. Clair County	D	+19.5%	53,482	35,998	89,891
Stark County	R	−30.1%	1,818	3,393	5,225
Stephenson County	R	−22.3%	8,911	14,040	23,045
Tazewell County	D	+17.3%	17,624	12,419	30,159
Union County	D	+8.2%	5,804	4,915	10,800
Vermilion County	R	−0.4%	22,891	23,059	46,242
Wabash County	D	+6.6%	4,187	3,659	7,965
Warren County	R	−22.9%	4,878	7,790	12,735
Washington County	R	−24.1%	3,479	5,701	9,222
Wayne County	R	−8.1%	5,569	6,556	12,192
White County	D	+3.9%	5,909	5,459	11,493
Whiteside County	R	−36.1%	7,356	15,752	23,242
Will County	R	−4.6%	29,442	32,291	61,946
Williamson County	D	+0.7%	14,645	14,433	29,217
Winnebago County	R	−4.4%	28,061	30,683	59,127
Woodford County	R	−20.7%	4,314	6,575	10,942